The 20% (pt 1)
The Socially Distant Sports Bar
Nata Media
4.8 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Three hundred episodes in and still digging up gold from sport’s strangest corners, Distant Pod is the weekly podcast where Elis James, Mike Bubbins and Steff Garrero bring you the best clips, books and documentaries they’ve found — from elite performance to absolute chaos.
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🎧 PART 1
Elis brings a brilliant reality check with real people attempting marathon pace, a reminder of just how extreme elite endurance really is.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SRYtn0j5ccA
Steff shares a deceptively simple but strangely gripping clip simply titled “Stairs” — one of those bits of internet sport-adjacent content that becomes oddly compelling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bHT_jZvQDs
Mike rounds things off with Rhys Carré, showcasing the power and personality of the Welsh rugby star.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVj19MfDMV5/?igsh=NzUzb2JjY2lqZWp3
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this week's distant part. If you've got a boner and a pair of Lycra shorts, yeah. Then you're going to make it... He's part of the concern. You're literally going to say making a rod for your back, but I mean, that sounds like that. I broach the idea with Ben, my boy. Because obviously he's 16. And he went, can you wait Can I finish school first, Dad? |
| 0:21.8 | Before you start doing your softcore porn career, Dad. |
| 0:24.6 | Before I become a gay pin-up. |
| 0:28.0 | Oh, is it also, it's another one in the eye for the Flat Earth Brigade? |
| 0:32.3 | How dare you? |
| 0:36.8 | Hey, distant pod fans, we are doing live shows in London at the Hackney Empire on April the 7th and April the 8th |
| 0:46.1 | we have already sold out the new theatre in Cardiff a couple of times the show that we have in |
| 0:51.3 | Carmarthen that's on April the 24th is completely sold out as well. |
| 0:56.1 | So during this runner shows, this is your only chance to see us live. |
| 0:59.7 | If you wish to see us live, then you can head to the link on the episode description. |
| 1:04.2 | The first link that is there, and that is where you will find some tickets. |
| 1:08.9 | There's a few left in the stalls, not very many. |
| 1:11.8 | But I guess, is it called the dress circle? |
| 1:14.4 | I think the bit above that is the dress circle. |
| 1:16.5 | There are some tickets available there. |
| 1:18.2 | Have a look. |
| 1:19.1 | Lovely views, beautiful theatre. |
| 1:21.3 | If you are free on the evenings of the 7th and 8th of April, |
| 1:24.8 | please come and see us live. |
| 1:45.0 | Music 7th and 8th of April, please come and see us live. I'm I'm I'm I'm |
| 1:46.0 | I'm |
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